Jacob Standridge wants to play baseball. Like, really, really bad.

The sophomore pitcher recently transferred to Missouri Western from northern California. His commitment happened in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year and coincided with Missouri Western’s decision to begin phasing out majors.

His major is getting phased out. Baseball season is still an unknown. And, on top of it all, Standridge is over 1,200 miles from home.

However, none of that is causing Standridge to lose focus on why he came here: to play baseball. 

“I can’t stress over things that I can’t control,” Standridge said. “COVID, it’s not something I can control at all. So, I just have to stay within myself and just constantly keep working.”

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